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ASP.NET MVC Screencast: Model-based client-side validation

Thu, 01 May 2008 15:31:08 GMT

A very sweet and simple way to get validation into an MVC app, just by specifying rules as attributes on model objects (e.g. [ValidateEmail]). Client-side validation happens automatically...

ASP.NET MVC Source Code Now Available

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:31:03 GMT

Last month I blogged about our ASP.NET MVC Roadmap. Two weeks ago we shipped the ASP.NET Preview 2 Release. Phil Haack from the ASP.NET team published a good blog post about the release here. Scott Hanselman has created a bunch of great ASP.NET MVC tutorial videos that you can watch to learn more about it here....

Hangs and how to solve them - part 1 - Deadlocks

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:56:12 GMT

Tracking down a deadlock in ASP.NET

Why my ASP.NET AJAX forms are never submitted twice

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:46:02 GMT

A few examples of how to use getElementsByTagName and/or jQuery, in conjunction with ASP.NET AJAX, to easily disable all Button controls on a page or logical groups; to prevent duplicate submissions during partial postbacks.

How to survive to (Pre) Mix Envy - MIX08 webcast

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:02:56 GMT

MIX'08 will be webcasted live from Vegas at 9:30am. Here the time around the World

ScottGu: First Look at Using Expression Blend with Silverlight 2

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:16:02 GMT

In this first set of Silverlight tutorials I didn't use a visual design tool to build the UI, and instead focused on showing the underlying XAML UI markup (which I think helps to explain the core programming concepts better). Now that we've finished covering the basics - let's explore some of the tools we can use to be even more productive.

Style and Silverlight

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:37:54 GMT

How improve your silverlight look-and-feel

Scott Gu SilverLight 2 Tutorial Part 7

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:31:02 GMT

Using Control Templates to Customize a Control's Look and Feel

Scott Gu: Silverlight 2 Tutorial Part 6

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:16:02 GMT

Using User Controls to Implement Master/Detail Scenarios.

Scott Gu SilverLight 2 Tutorial Part 5

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:46:02 GMT

Using the ListBox and DataBinding to Display List Data.

SilverLight 2: Using Networking to Retrieve Data and Populate a Grid

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:16:02 GMT

Scott Gu SilverLight 2 tutorial part 3.

Silverlight 2 Tutorial Part 2: Using Layout Management

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:46:02 GMT

Scott Gu SilverLight 2 tutorial Part 2.

Creating "Hello World" with Silverlight 2 Part 1

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:31:02 GMT

Scott Gu SilverLight 2 tutorial Part 1

First Look At Silverlight 2

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:46:02 GMT

Scott Gu annouces Silverlight 2 and describes a sample application that should be of interest to anyone developing web applications to consume data from public APIs.

Architecture for LINQ to SQL

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:06:06 GMT

Advice on building applications using LINQ to SQL

Using Windowless Silverlight Controls To Blend HTML and Silverlight

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:31:02 GMT

Today, Silverlight has no intrinsic controls. Forget about dropdowns and sliders, neither Silverlight 1.0 or 1.1 have textboxes or buttons. This article talks about how to leverage HTML controls to do some heavy lifting in your Silverlight apps.

Awesome Tool: Export Visio to Xaml

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:00:34 GMT

This is a pretty nifty tool by Saveen.. The project is on codeplex: http://www.codeplex.com/VisioExportToXAML

ASP.NET MVC Framework Road-Map Update

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:31:02 GMT

Scott gives an update to where ASP.NET MVC is going

Check Username Availability with ASP.NET AJAX

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:01:02 GMT

Here is a little trick you can use to spice up your asp.net registration pages. I will use ASP.NET AJAX to inform the user whether the username they have entered is available. Rather than use the UpdatePanel, I will slim down the amount of data going over the wire for each ajax request. I will accomplish this using the PageMethods feature.

First Causes in Software Development: How do I decide what is good?

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:16:02 GMT

Just another essential one from Jeremy (like every other posts on his blog). In this particular post, Jeremy describes what he finds valuable in writing software. Heck, I'm learning a ton from his blog.

Best of the Shade Tree Developer (Jeremy Miller)

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:08:21 GMT

Compendium of the best posts from Jeremy Miller about many topics, from Testing through IoC to Agile.

Introducing i4o - Indexed LINQ made simple

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:33:33 GMT

Aaron Erickson of Magenic Technologies brings us Indexes for Objects - i4o - an easy to use open source framework for Indexed LINQ.

Really Funny Geek Humor for the week of October 16th

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:31:01 GMT

"High Volume Email Deployment" - "The Smiley Intervention" - "Weird Al - Virus Alert"- "Perfect Strangers Meet At Coffee Shop" - "Stephen Colbert duals with George Lucas" - "YODA Syntax" - "How to "Not" Get a Job with your Video Resume "

"We Give Stupid prizes to smart people" - September Prizes

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:01:02 GMT

Blog, Post on discussion boards, attend tech events or contribute to the development community in any way and you can win some very geeky prizes. Septembers prizes include: ptimus Mini Three Keyboard - 512 MB SpyDisk Pen - USB 2.0 Bracelet Flash Band - Uber Cool Finger Mouse - Two Player Invisible Fighting Game - Lazer Trip Wire - The Ultimate Mars Rover Kit - Relativity Watch - Ninja Burger Honorable Employee Handbook - Tetran Cable Winder - Potty Putter - Uncut D&D figures - Nintendo DS Water Game - d20 Spiral Necklace - Street Fighter UFS Collectible Card Game a way to strangle your boss and many other stupid prizes

Computer Geek Humor for the Week of September 3rd

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:31:02 GMT

Here are the latest Computer Geek Humor entries for the week of September 34d, 2006. The Community-Credit humor discussion board may not have the largest collection of Geek humor in the world, but we do have the largest collection of Funny Geek Humor in the world.